From December, 25, the Branch of SPSL SB RAS shows a literature exhibition «New Foreign Books that have been acquired by the Branch during 2017». The exhibition presents about 90 books and journal contributions.

The publications deal with relatively broad scope of knowledge from items of physics, higher maths and medicine and up to philosophy, ethnology, and other humanities.

SciAct is an information and analytics system for scientific activity monitoring and record-keeping that has been developed in the SB RAS Institute of Catalysis and that is applicable for a broad range of scientific and educational institutions. The report deals with the prerequisites for creating the system, its main features, and its further development avenues.

The Branch of SPSL SB RAS presented an exhibition of popular scientific literature «Fun Science» and an exhibition of advertisement materials of research institutes «Science here!». For higher and high school students, a puzzle «SCIENCE Battle» on the history of Akademgorodok has been held.

The Branch expresses gratitude to all SB RAS institutes that participated in the event and a special gratitude to the SB RAS Institute of Nuclear Physics, namely to V.YE.Karavayeva and A.I.YEryomina.

On September, 21-22, the Branch of SPSL SB RAS showed an exhibition «Scholarly journals of Siberia, Ural, and the Far East» within the framework of XVII Seminar-Conference of the «5-100» project. 253 journals in different fields of knowledge have been demonstrated. Specially distinguished were journals that qualified as Scopus DB and Web of Science Core Collection.

From September, 13, a thematic literature exhibition «A heart for life» is shown that is devoted to 100th anniversary of academcian YE.N.Myeshalkin.

YEvgyenii Nikolayevich Myeshalkin is famous Soviet Russian cardiologist and cardiosurgeon, doctor of medical sciences, full professor. Academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (now, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 1978). The RSFSR honored science worker. Socialist Labour Hero (1976). The winner of the Lenin Prize (1960). Since 1993, an honourable citizen of Novosibirsk. E.N.Meshalkin was an ancestor of many fields that include anesthesiology, radial diagnostics, and cardio-surgery for congenital and acquired heart diseases.

He supervised the implementing of a complex of arrangements for prophylaxis of septic complications after surgical interventions (application of synthetic washing-up liquids for surgeon hands treatment, application of color operational linen, etc.). He designed a system for observation and generalization of the remote results of operations. Innovations of Eugene Nikolaevich are confirmed by 47 certificates of authorship and patents. Meshalkin-teacher has prepared 43 doctors and 130 candidates of sciences.

A.P.Derevyanko has developed a new time-space version of ways for initial settling of Asia. He has created a periodization, chronology, and dynamics of paleolith in the region. He discovered and studied dozens of archeological objects, several of which became reference monuments for various epochs and cultures in a wide chronological range from paleolith to the Iron Age. The initiator and the head of the program on complex studying of cave monuments of paleolith of Southern Siberia and the Central Asia. The founder of the international research site «Denisova Cave» (Altai Mountains). Under his guide and through his involvement, the groundwork for a multidisciplinary approach to analyze archeological sources has been developed.

From July 6, a thematic literature exhibition «Exploration of the Russian Arctic» is shown. The exhibition demonstrates about 100 publications, which include monographs, collections of articles, scholarly journals contributions, and dissertation abstracts.

Development of Arctic regions is one of the most significant super problems of modern-day Russia. Arctic regions concentrate huge reserves of strategic resources. To implement the projects of the region development one needs to solve several non-trivial scientific problems. Studying the historical past of Arctic regions is caused both by the demand for incrementing the historical knowledge and by understanding of a specific part of the region to make up spatial-geographical factors of the historical development of the country.

On June 8, the Branch held a celebration on the 85 anniversary of academician V.A.Koptyug. Several exhibitions of archival documents, books, and portraits of Valentin Afanasyevich have been shown. Presentation of paper of academicians N.L.Dobryetsov, V.I.Molodin, and Cand. Sci. in geology V.D.YErmikov occurred. The paper deals with life and work of V.A.Koptyug. The program of the celebration included also a movie «Science at all times. Part 3. Vague times».

The exhibition demonstrates 86 domestic and foreign publications from the academician N.N.YAnyenko memorial library in the Branch of SPSL SB RAS (reading hall for computation mathematics and computer science). The books were donated to the academician by his colleages and disciples, supplied with autographes and dedicatory inscriptions.

The N.N.YAnyenko memorial library includes also his things that were donated to the Branch.

On April 28, the museum exposition of the academician N.N.YAnyenko memorial library got a supplement. The Branch of SPSL SB RAS is sincerely grateful to Natal'ya Nikolayevna Bogunyenko (YAnyenko) for the invaluable donations.

The library got a donation of some things of Nikolay Nikolayevich YAnyenko: a picture and a table lamp from his home library, books, awards, photos, and some other unique things.

The Branch of SPSL SB RAS is sincere grateful to academician Yury Ivanovich SHokin for a valuable donation, that is more than 300 periodic publications from his collection donated to the library stocks.

The exhibition demonstrates domestic and foreign studies that deal with Chernobyl tragedy.

An accident on the Chernobyl atomic power station on April 26, 1986, stands in a series of the most serious technogenic accidents during the whole humanity history. It had consequences both of large-scale economic and social-psychological character.

Chernobyl disaster was a reference mark for a new era in mutual relations of a man and the atomic energy. The world atomic engineering is currently one of the most hi-tech industries, where a special attention is given to safety, reliability of the equipment, and personnel training. In much extent, it has happened because of the accident on the Chernobyl atomic power station, which has demonstrated that the decomposition of atomic nucleus is much more complicated and more dangerous procedure than a simple coal burning.

On February 19-25,elections were held in SPSL SB RAS. The Election Committee informed that due to the results of the ballot, Andryei YEvgyen'yevich Gus'kov has won with more than half voices of the total voters quantity. The Record of the Election Committee is approved at the session of the Academic Board of SPSL SB RAS on 02/26/2016.

The exhibition includes about 80 domestic and foreign monographs and scholarly articles that deal with the problems of photonics.

The term «photonics» applies to a wide scientific and technical field that unites laser physics, optoelectronics, electrooptics, fiber and integral optics, optical communications, optical treatment of signals, and holography. Photonics is in permanent development: new research avenues, technologies and materials appear; promising application fields are discovered.

The exhibition demonstrates foreign researches that deal with archaeology, biology, geology, medicine, physics, chemistry, and other scientific disciplines - the total of about 90 monographs of leading foreign scientists.

Since April 30, a thematic literature exhibition is shown «Scientists for the battlefield (on the 70-th anniversary of the Victory)».

The exhibition was arranged to coincide with the 70-th anniversary of the Victory. The exhibition includes more than 100 publications of the employees of NSC SB RAS who worked on the back areas.

On April 8, a lection took place named «Russia Economic Outlook». The author: Girsh Itsykovich KHanin, PhD in economics, full professor of the Chair of Economic Theory and Applied Economics of Novosibirsk State Technical University.► The lection video

Since April 6, a literature exhibition is shown «New foreign books the Branch got during 2014: Natural sciences».

The exhibition demonstrates recent achievements in the field of chemistry, biology, and Earth science. It covers a set of problems such as fungi biotechnologies, abiotic stress of plants, application of molecular sensors in chemistry and physics, new properties of ionic liquids. About 100 publications are shown.

Since March 5, a literature exhibition is shown «Women employees of NSC SB RAS, laureats of L'ORÉAL-UNESCO national award "For Women in Science"».

Since February 2, 2015, a thematic literature exhibition is shown «Research institutions of SB RAS Novosibirsk Scientific Center, jubilee celebrators in 2015». Books and articles from Russian publications are presented. The exhibition includes 86 documents.

In 2015, the following institutions celebrate their jubilees in Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences: A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, Institute of Computing Technologies, Design and Technology Institute of Applied Microelectronics (ISP affiliated unit), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Institute of History, Institute of Philology, Institute of Philosophy and Right.

Since January 12, a literature exhibition is shown: «New foreign books the Branch got during 2014: Physical and mathematical sciences».

About 100 publications are presented that cover urgent problems of modern-day physics and mathematics: vibrational dynamics, colour holography technologies, ellipsometry of nanoparticles, non-linear theory of metric space potential etc. The exhibition is to be shown up to February 7.